MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 30.47,-95.79 Latitude: 30.47 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 75 SFC 998 94 21.9 20.2 90 1.7 20.7 159 8 295.2 297.9 293.9 338.4 15.06 2 950 524 22.6 18.0 75 4.6 19.5 193 19 300.1 302.7 294.5 340.6 13.83 3 900 994 20.7 14.2 66 6.5 16.4 233 23 302.8 304.9 293.4 336.6 11.39 4 850 1486 17.6 9.5 59 8.2 12.6 250 26 304.6 306.3 292.0 331.0 8.79 5 800 2001 13.3 6.6 64 6.7 9.3 262 27 305.3 306.7 291.2 328.3 7.64 6 750 2540 9.0 2.0 61 7.1 5.2 270 29 306.4 307.5 290.1 324.4 5.89 7 700 3107 5.4 -7.5 39 12.8 -0.3 262 32 308.4 309.0 288.2 318.2 3.11 8 650 3710 3.1 -25.2 10 28.3 -5.3 243 43 312.5 312.6 287.1 315.1 0.76 9 600 4353 -0.6 -30.2 9 29.5 -8.2 248 51 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.2 0.52 10 550 5042 -4.6 -33.9 8 29.3 -11.3 257 58 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.39 11 500 5784 -9.8 -38.7 7 29.0 -15.3 260 64 321.1 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.27 12 450 6589 -14.7 -43.6 7 28.9 -19.1 260 70 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.18 13 400 7468 -22.1 -45.5 10 23.4 -25.0 262 70 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.16 14 350 8434 -29.4 -44.5 22 15.1 -31.0 266 79 329.1 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.21 15 300 9516 -37.7 -52.8 19 15.1 -38.6 254 77 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 16 250 10748 -47.1 -57.0 31 9.9 -47.4 238 83 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.07 17 200 12200 -53.3 -68.5 14 15.2 -53.6 252 88 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14014 -61.6 -77.3 11 15.7 -61.7 251 68 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16486 -67.6 -83.2 9 15.6 -67.7 264 38 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.25 m Freezing level: 608.28 mb = 4246.29 m = 13931.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.00 mb = 3072.25 m = 10079.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.47 mb = 310.21 m = 1017.73 ft T: 22.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 25.52 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.63 mb = 1753.51 m = 5752.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 19.28 C K Index: 24.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 839.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.87 mb = 1110.57 m = 3643.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.87 mb = 2288.93 m = 7509.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.87 mb = 11209.75 m = 36776.94 ft B at Equ Level: 826.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.87 mb = 13894.62 m = 45585.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.6 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 282.6 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 230.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 4.97 Bulk Shear: 168.71 m/s